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STATEMENT No. 16. Statement of Season Tickets issued for the Years ended 31st March, 1932 to 1935.

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1934-35. 1933-34. 1932-33. 1931-32. Description of Tickets. : Number, i Amount. Number. Amount. Number. I Amount. Number. Amount. j £ £ £ £ Annual, all lines .. .. .. 13 1,172 9 785 10 1,074 15 1,591 Annual, North Island .. .. 49 4,200 52 4,416 51 4,174 56 4,228 Annual, South Island .. .. 5 390 6 423 6 413 10 697 Sectional annual, North Island.. .. 208 11,401 227 12,232 241 12,601 260 13,676 Sectional annual, South Island .. 101 4,910 101 4,700 108 5,139 120 5,677 Reporters' annual .. .. .. 15 639 18 768 17 675 14 572 Tourist, all lines .. .. .. 101 1,557 97 1,504 107 1,678 128 2,021 Tourist, North Island .. .. ; 251 2,488 256 2,551 275 2,761 361 3,771 Tourist, South Island .. .. 21 203 16 187 16 165 22 227 School .. .. .. .. 25,568 22,034 25,206 21,926 25,470 22,342 27,695 24,067 Bearer twelve-trip .. .. .. 73,047 16,174 76,071 17,015 77,772 17,673 54,675 13,818 Bearer fifty-trip .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,507 6,976 Weekly twelve-trip .. .. .. 103,981 19,824 99,863 19,055 98,163 19,014 108,587 21,159 Weekly workmen's .. .. .. 226,877 37,681 214,819 35,571 210,269 34,708 234,397 39,156 All other season .. .. .. 27,309 52,644 26,001 50,470 25,270 53,776 30,216 63,013 Totals .. .. .. 457,546 175,317 442,742 171,603 437,775 176,193 459,063 200,649 Total passenger journeys .. 11,845,432 .. 11,535,840 .. 11,496,084 .. 12,652,034 I